Bangkok’s rail network common ticketing system vows fall flat BANGKOK POST EDITORIAL COLUMN Earlier this month, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha inaugurated a 4.3-kilometre extension of the BTS Skytrain from Kasetsart University to the Royal Forest Department. The event was marked with official fanfare but city residents had little reason to cheer. Over the past […]
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A new Buddha statue rises 69m above Bangkok’s Thonburi district – about the height of a 20-storey building By THE NATION Thonburi district in Bangkok unveiled its new landmark, an imposing statue of the Buddha that rises 69 metres above the ground — about the height of a 20-storey building. The statue, called ‘Dhammakaya Thep […]
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Laos’ Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway is 70% complete The construction of the 113.50km expressway linking Vientiane and Vangvieng is now over 70 per cent complete and authorities expect an official handover ceremony to take place at the end of this year. Head of the Management Committee of the Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway, Khattiyasack Chaiyavong, told Vientiane Times. “The project […]
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Myanmar’s Mandalay city moves to cancel Thai company’s wastewater treatment contract Mandalay city is taking steps to cancel a much-delayed wastewater treatment project because it says the Thai company that won the tender is unable to complete the project. U Ye Lwin, mayor of Mandalay city, said the central industrial wastewater treatment project will be […]
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Deep Seaport Construction in Cambodia’s Koh Kong Province Confirmed A deep seaport has been planned to be constructed in Koh Kong province, one of the country’s four coastal provinces, to facilitate the transportation of goods, mainly from the province to markets. The construction plan of the deep seaport has been planned for years, said H.E. […]
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Myanmar’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise extends Magwe gas-to-power plant tender deadline Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy has extended the deadline of a gas-to-power plant tender to next week. On April 28, the ministry’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise (EPGE) announced a tender for a 12 megawatt gas-powered plant in Magwe on a build-operate-own basis. The […]
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How engineering can adapt to the ‘new normal’, opinion of Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, PhD, Fellow of the Royal Society of Thailand The coronavirus started as a health pandemic, but the massive outbreak will create long-lasting changes that will alter the way we live and work. Like other industries, engineering and construction sector has also been seriously […]
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Thailand’s construction sector predicted to shrink 3.6% in 2020 Covid-19 will cause Thailand’s construction sector to shrink by 3.6% in 2020, the country’s first contraction since 2017, risk and research company Fitch Solutions has predicted. Thailand’s lockdown began on 26 March. It has twice been extended and is tentatively scheduled to end by 1 July. […]
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Continued demand and the new normal in the Thai residential market – CBRE CBRE Managing Director Aliwassa Pathnadabutr and Director of Advisory & Transaction Services – Residential Sales Artitaya Kasemlawanshaping discuss the factors shaping the new normal in the Thai residential market as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Work-From-Home policy, transportation route expansions […]
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Real estate developers bracing for residential property market slump in North Thailand Real estate developers in Thailand’s North are a bracing for a slump in the residential property market, as the number of home buyers is dwindling and banks are imposing stricter rules on home buyers and reportedly denying mortgages. The president of the Chiang […]
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